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This is Defector, a new sports blog and media company. We made this place together, we own it together, we run it together. Without access, without favor, without discretion, and without interference.

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Chris Thompson

Trump supporters crowd the parade route, with trash everywhere.

Inauguration 2025

Politics

Painting The Town Red

Ted Leonsis talks into a Wizards-branded microphone.

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Ted Leonsis Finally Abandons Glenn Youngkin’s Doomed Virginia Gambit

Dave McKenna

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Stories

When The Night You Didn’t Die Never Ends

Alex Pareene is a contributing editor at The New Republic and the co-host, with Laura Marsh, of the podcast&nbsp;<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/018-amanda-litman-run-for-something-why-you-cant-see/id1341525125?i=1000444277937" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Politics of Everything</a>.

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Life's Rich Pageant

People Who Caused Traffic Nightmare At Pretty Tree Festival Complain Of Traffic Nightmare At Pretty Tree Festival

Columnist. Author of many <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Drew-Magary/e/B001JS8R52/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1">fine works of literature</a>, including Point B. Handsomest man in the world.

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Drew Magary

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 20: Cherry blossoms near peak bloom around the Tidal Basin on March 20, 2023 in Washington, DC.

Tidal Basin Cherry Blossoms Near Peak Bloom

Funbag

A Half-Assed But Useful Guide To Visiting Washington, D.C.

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High School Sports

A Can’t-Lose Proposition: Wilson High Wins 29th D.C. Baseball Title In A Row

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NBA Heckler, Friend Of Ali, And Wannabe Governor Robin Ficker Gets Disbarred

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Elgin Baylor, The Greatest And Most Important Athlete To Ever Come Out Of Washington, D.C., Is Dead

COLUMBIA, SC - DECEMBER 05: Camden High School students watch the South Carolina High School League Class AAA football championship game at Spring Valley High School on December 5, 2020 in Columbia, South Carolina. The Class AA championship game, between Abbeville and Marion originally scheduled for December 4, was postponed after a team quarantine for COVID-19. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images)

High School Football Championship Games Go Forward During Pandemic

How D.C.’s Toniest High Schools Are Skirting The City’s Ban On Prep Sports

HOLLY BEACH, LA - AUGUST 27: A damaged stop sign sit among flood water after Hurricane Laura passed through the area August 27, 2020 in Holly Beach, Louisiana. Hurricane Laura came ashore bringing rain and high winds to the South East region of the state causing extensive damage to the area. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Getty Images)

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A “Predatory” Stop-Sign Camera Is Terrorizing My Neighborhood

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Good Riddance To America’s Most Hated Wendy’s

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